Solid State Physics

Schedule Prerequisites Description 09:30 10:50 AM, TTh, McCoy 113 PHYS 3312

Fall, 2013

A study of structural and electronic properties of materials using classical and quantum mechanical models. The subjects include crystal structure, elastic constants, phonons, thermal properties, free electron gas, energy bands, semiconductors, and metals. Dr. Byounghak Lee Office: RFM 3214 E-mail: byounghak@txstate.edu Office phone: 512-245-5583 TTh 11:00 AM ! 12:30 PM and by appointment (e-mail in advance). Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th ed., Charles Kittel, John Wiley & Sons Inc., ISBN 978-0-47141526-8 Solid State Physics, Neil W. Ashcroft and N. David Mermin, Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, ISBN 978-0-03-083993-1 Midterm Exams (2) Final Exam 60% 40%

Instructor

Office Hours Text Reference Grades Attendance

You are expected to attend class regularly. Exams will be formed from material covered in the textbook and other materials presented in class. If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to obtain the information covered on that day. For students with final grades just below a grade cut-point, excellent attendance may contribute to a higher final grade. There will be no makeup exams. Students are expected to maintain themselves during class in a courteous, adult manner that promotes the learning process. To assist in this, please turn off cell phones and pagers, do not engage in extraneous conversations during class, and do not distract or disturb your classmates. Unruly, disrespectful, disruptive, or dishonest behavior will not be tolerated. Violators will be asked to stop or leave the room. Such behavior will affect your final grade.

Exam Policy Class Behavior

Special Needs

Students with special needs, as documented by the Office of Disability Services, should identify themselves at the beginning of the semester. Arrangements can be made to accommodate those needs as necessary. Texas State University-San Marcos expects students to engage in all academic pursuits in a manner that is beyond reproach. Students found in violation of the Honor Code are subject to disciplinary action. The full Texas State Honor Code can be found in the next page of this syllabus and on the class webpage and at the following URL: www.txstate.edu/effective/upps/upps-07-10-01-att1.html

Texas State Honor Code Policy

Texas State Statement on Academic Integrity

Learning and teaching take place best in an atmosphere of intellectual fair-minded openness. All members of the academic community are responsible for supporting freedom and openness through rigorous personal standards of honesty and fairness. Plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty undermine the very purpose of the university and diminish the value of an education.

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Texas State University Honor Code

As members of a community dedicated to learning, inquiry, and creation, the students, faculty, and administration of our University live by the principles in this Honor Code. These principles require all members of this community to be conscientious, respectful, and honest. WE ARE CONSCIENTIOUS. We complete our work on time and make every effort to do it right. We come to class and meetings prepared and are willing to demonstrate it. We hold ourselves to doing what is required, embrace rigor, and shun mediocrity, special requests, and excuses. WE ARE RESPECTFUL. We act civilly toward one another, and we cooperate with each other. We will strive to create an environment in which people respect and listen to one another, speaking when appropriate, and permitting other people to participate and express their views. WE ARE HONEST. We do our own work and are honest with one another in all matters. We understand how various acts of dishonesty, like plagiarizing, falsifying data, and giving or receiving assistance to which one is not entitled, conflict as much with academic achievement as with the values of honesty and integrity. THE PLEDGE FOR STUDENTS Students at our University recognize that, to insure honest conduct, more is needed than an expectation of academic honesty, and we therefore adopt the practice of affixing the following pledge of honesty to the work we submit for evaluation: I pledge to uphold the principles of honesty and responsibility at our University. THE PLEDGE FOR FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION Faculty at our University recognize that the students have rights when accused of academic dishonesty and will inform the accused of their rights of appeal laid out in the student handbook and inform them of the process that will take place. I recognize students rights and pledge to uphold the principles of honesty and responsibility at our University. ADDRESSING ACTS OF DISHONESTY Students accused of dishonest conduct may have their cases heard by the faculty member. The student may also appeal the faculty members decision to the Honor Code Council. Students and faculty will have the option of having an advocate present to insure their rights. Possible actions that may be taken range from exoneration to expulsion.

VIOLATING THE HONOR CODE According to the University Policy and Procedures Statement 07.10.01 the following is important information concerning definitions relating to academic dishonesty. "Violation of the Honor Code" includes, but is not limited to, cheating on an examination or other academic work, plagiarism, collusion and the abuse of resource materials. "Cheating" in general, but is not limited to, means engaging in any of the following activities: 1) Copying from another student's test paper, laboratory report, other report, computer files, data listings, programs, or from any electronic device or equipment.

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2) Using during a test, printed, audio or electronic materials not authorized by the person giving the test. 3) Collaborating, without authorization, with another person during an examination or in preparing academic work. 4) Knowingly, and without authorization, using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, soliciting, copying or possessing, in whole or in part, the contents of an un-administered test, or other academic products. 5) Substituting for another student or permitting another person to substitute for oneself in taking an examination or preparing academic work. 6) Bribing or coercing another person to obtain an administered test or obtain information about an un-administered test or other academic products. 7) Purchasing or otherwise acquiring and submitting as one's own work, any research paper or other assignment prepared by another individual or by a firm. This section does not apply to the word processing of the rough or final versions of an assignment by a professional service. 8) Submitting the same essay, thesis, report, or another project, without substantial revision or expansion of the work, in an attempt to obtain credit for work submitted in another course. 9) Falsifying data. "Plagiarism" in general, but not limited to, means the appropriation of another's work and the inadequately or inappropriately acknowledged incorporation of that work in one's own written, oral, visual or the performance of an original act or routine that is offered for credit. "Collusion" in general, but not limited to, means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing any work offered for credit. "Abuse of resource materials" in general, but not limited to, means the mutilation, destruction, concealment, theft or alteration of materials provided to assist students in the mastery of course content. *Please note that not all activities that constitute academic misconduct are listed in specific detail in the UPPS 07.10.10. It is expected that students will honor the spirit of academic integrity and will not place themselves in the position of being charged with academic misconduct.

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Week of Aug 26 (Week 1) Sep 2 (Week 2) Sep 9 (Week 3) Sep 16 (Week 4) Sep 23 (Week 5) Sep 30 (Week 6) Oct 7 (Week 7) Oct 14 (Week 8) Oct 21 (Week 9) Oct 28 (Week 10) Nov 4 (Week 11) Nov 11 (Week 12) Nov 18 (Week 13) Fermi surfaces; Tight binding method; Wigner-Seitz method Nov 25 (Week 14) Thanksgiving break. No class Fermi-Dirac distribution; Free electron gas; Heat capacity; Electrical conductivity; Hall effect Selected Topics Types of lattices; Crystal structures

Fall, 2013
Textbook Chapters K1 A&M 4 K2 A&M 5, 6

Diffraction; Reciprocal lattice vectors; Brillouin zones; Fourier analysis

Crystals of inert gases; Ionic crystals; Covalent crystals; Elastic constants; Elastic waves

K3 A&M 19

Vibrations of crystals; Quantization of elastic waves; Phonon momentum; Inelastic scattering by phonons Midterm exam 1 Phonon heat capacity; Anharmonic crystal interactions; Thermal conductivity

K4 A&M 22, 23

K5 A&M 25, 26

K6 A&M 1, 2

Nearly free electron model; Bloch theorem; Kronig-Penny Model; Crystal momentum

K7 A&M 8

Midterm exam 2

Band gap; Equations of motion; Effective mass; Intrinsic carrier concentration; Impurity conductivity, thermoelectric effects, superlattices

K8 A&M 9

K9 A&M 10, 11, 14

Dec 2 (Week 15)

Cohesive energy; Orbitals in a magnetic field; De Hass-van Alphen effect

K9 A&M 10, 11, 14

Final Exam

Thursday, Dec 12th, 08:00 ! 10:30 AM